Space Flight
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NASA Awards Contract for Human Space Flight Technical Integration
NASA has awarded the Human Space Flight Technical Integration Contract (HSFTIC) to Barrios Technology Ltd. of Houston to support multiple human spaceflight programs at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This is a cost-plus-award-fee, incentive-fee contract. The contract’s 60-day phase-in period begins Sunday, Aug. 2, with the two-year base period beginning Oct. 1, followed by three additional one-year options…
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ULA and Boeing have a successful launch of Starliner
UPDATE: It appear that the Starliner suffered a malfunction and used extra fuel ment to get the spacecraft to the ISS shortly after this post. We will update you when we hear what Boeing decides to do next. At 6:36 AM EST ULA and Boeing had a successful launch of the new Starliner Crew Capsule on it’s way to the…
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NASA-Supported Payloads to Get Lift from Blue Origin
Editor’s Note: Blue Origin has scrubbed the Tuesday, Dec. 18 launch due to a ground infrastructure issue; the next launch attempt is to be determined depending on weather forecast. Before a NASA technology makes it to orbit or lands on another planet, researchers test – and retest – it in space-like conditions. These tests often take place on Earth, but some…
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NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft
NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station – an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. “Today, our country’s dreams of greater achievements in space are within our grasp,” said NASA…
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